A group of actors will be making their stage debut tonight as another popular Alan Ayckbourn comedy is played out.

The Sinodun Players have been nuturing new talent, helping the amateur actors learn the ropes and perform on the stage of the Corn Exchange in Wallingford and tonight sees them make their grand entrance.

The play, Confusions, is a series of five interconnected one-act plays and four will be presented by the Players: Mother Figure, Between Mouthfuls, Gosforth’s Fete and A Talk In The Park.

Each is set in the fictional village of Gosforth and looks at the whole gamut of human emotions, focusing on themes of obsession, isolation and the human desire for companionship.

As well as being comic tales, Confusions will also stretch the skills of the rookie actors joining the Sinodun Players. They have been taking part in a year-long acting course run by the Players and this is effectively their graduation piece.

Confusions was first performed in 1976 and has remained hugely popular with amateur groups ever since. The Sinodun Players’ director, Julie Utley, is using the play as an opportunity to bring the new up-and-coming actors to the stage.

“Whether the comedy concerns marital conflict, infidelity, or motherhood, is set on a park bench, or at a village fete, the characters are immediately familiar and their cries for help instantly recognisable,” she says.

“This is a fabulous opportunity to see what hidden talent the Sinodun Players has to offer.”

The show is performed at 7.45pm every evening and tickets for the show cost £7 tonight and £8 for the rest of the run.

They are available by calling the box office on 01491 825000 between 7pm and 7.45pm and also on Friday and Saturday between 10am and 1pm.